Rebuilding the Garden of Eden 



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thaw in the spring, I (hig up about everything 

 diggable, and put a sample of each in that httle 

 sun-shanty to see what would happen: Rhu- 

 barb and Asparagus; Strawberries from the gar- 

 den; Hardy Roses; clumps of Lily-of -the- Valley; 

 Hardy Pinks; Iris; Phlox; Violets; Peonies; even 

 things from the woods, such as wild Columbine, 

 Crane's-bill, and Bloodroot. 



That, of course, wasn't orthodox greenhouse 

 procedure, but no one had ever told me any 

 better! Apparently the things I lugged into my 

 little garden early that spring didn't know any 

 better, either. For they all started to grow, just 



Think ul yuLir yiceiiliuuse, not as a greenhouse, where you should 

 grow "greenhouse" crops, but just as a glassed-in garden where you 

 can grow your own favorite things— flowers, plants, or vegetables — any 

 time of the year. 



